Postoperative mediastinitis after cardiac surgery caused by Mycoplasma hominis: a case report
Abstract Background Mycoplasma hominis is a human commensal bacterium of the urogenital tract, and extragenital infection caused by M. hominis has rarely been reported. The identification of M. hominis is challenging, and surgeons are generally not aware that this bacteria can cause postoperative in...
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| Main Authors: | Hiroki Kitagawa, Haruna Shimizu, Keijiro Katayama, Kayoko Tadera, Toshihito Nomura, Kietaro Omori, Norifumi Shigemoto, Taiichi Takasaki, Hiroki Ohge, Shinya Takahashi |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Japan Surgical Society
2021-11-01
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| Series: | Surgical Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01326-0 |
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